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Quickly as possible. >> reporter: so some of the compromises was to get rid of the idea of tuition-free community college. that is one of the issues that had been pushed in the original plan, also changes to how some of the child tax credit -- a big democratic priority, how that would be dealt with. talking about a one-year extension. some democrats wanted a permanent extension. they're talking about reducing the funding for home health care for the elderly. they're talking about keeping expansion of medicare to include dental, vision and hearing. how do they deal with the sticking point of cl...

Hurt feelings among progressives. i remember last year when the coronavirus -- one of the coronavirus relief packages was passed and congresswoman oc ocasio-cortez took to the house floor with the blistering speech -- many democrats were happy to get something passed. she took to the floor with this blistering speech saying this was only crumbs for american families. i see this ending in a similar scenario where there are a lot of people on the left of the party that are not going to be totally satisfied, but will take what they can get. >> to your point, eva, there are a number of concerns. w...

Joining us is cnn national politics reporter eva mccann. as one of my colleagues described this morning, this is a chainsaw, not a scalpel to apply, getting a child tax credit down to a one-year extension, that's a major concession. transitions from coal-fired plants, et cetera, i wonder if this enough to make a deal, but are democrats satisfied with it? >> likely not. there are likely a lot of progressives angry about this. the longer this drags on, the more tortuous it becomes. it doesn't make the party look good, it doesn't make the president look good. i think it's just the reality of the ...

This earlier, it shows you, craig, how close -- if you're a conservative, you came very, very close to toppling a big democratic priority, a big priority by the obama administration. but in the big scheme of things, i'm not sure this really matters all that much. at the end of the day, john roberts was part of that 5-4 majority. almost like a sports fan blaming a referee call or a bad call for a decision that led for the game to eventually be decided. at the end of the day, the obama administration and his allies ended up winning on this. but conservatives can always say, look, justice roberts...